Mental Health Cuts in the News

Today, I have seen several news stories about cuts in mental health. On CBS news, there is a slide show with the top 15 states that have cu...

"Loose definitions of Mental Illness serve to decrease personal responsibility and justify expanded government ..."

Shrinkwrapped on the 1/5 statistic: "Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics": Why don't we reserve the concept of Mental Illness fo...

"The survey also found that 23.8 percent of women had some form of mental illness, compared with 15.6 percent of men."

I just saw the Drudge Report link to this article stating that nearly 1 out of 5 Americans had mental illness in 2009. The article indicate...

"Finding solutions is more important than dredging up the past."

Stuart Schneiderman has a new column up over at the Right Network that explains how to give advice: When people come to see me now, they ex...

Psychological sell-outs

I received "The Register Report," a magazine from the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology this week and fl...

Shrinkwrapped: "My Brain Made Me Do It."

What are the best places for the avoidant?

I just got back from the gym this morning and it was almost empty, it was great. It's usually full of people getting on the machines and...

Does political correctness teach lack of empathy?

Stuart Schneiderman has additional thoughts on why college student's lack empathy: Here political correctness makes a contribution, es...

Study finds college students less empathetic

A study in Science Daily found that today's college students have less empathy than they used to (via Newsalert ): Today's college ...

"Massachusetts residents seek mental health treatment at levels higher than just about anywhere else in the country, "

In an article about limits on mental health services, I found the following kind of interesting ( via Newsalert ) : Massachusetts residents...

Blogger Tim Blair talks about the mental illness of his aunt Jill.